First Nations

'You didn't get the best of me': Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate

CALGARY - Clarence Wolfleg remembers the day his mother took him to school. It was 1956 and for the next 5 1/2 years he attended the Old Sun Residential School outside Gleichen in southern Alberta. "M...

Jun 08, 2021

Indigenous leaders call for healing and forgiveness as residential school memorials continue

Indigenous leaders in the Meadow Lake Tribal Council are using increased media coverage to spread messages of healing and forgiveness after the discovery of 215 Indigenous children's bodies at a resid...

Jun 07, 2021

Indigenous leaders frustrated after Pope passes on apology for residential schools

Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments from Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. "It's just par...

Jun 07, 2021

NBCHS celebrates Indigenous Histories Month with guest speakers, traditional cuisine

Students at North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) will have an opportunity to increase their awareness about Indigenous culture and history during the month of June as part of National In...

Jun 04, 2021

Battlefords Regional Community Coalition mourns loss of 215 children

The Battlefords Regional Community Coalition (BRCC) leaders are mourning for the 215 children found buried at the site of the former Kamloops residential school recently.Chief Wayne Semaganis, of Litt...

Jun 03, 2021

Memorial project honours 215 children found buried at former Kamloops residential school site

Battlefords community supporter Krista Fox collected 215 pairs of shoes for a memorial display to remember all the 215 children found buried at the former Kamloops residential school site recently.Fox...

Jun 02, 2021

'We weep for our children' : PAGC wants Feds to compensate Timber Bay School survivors

The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council says the horrific discovery in B.C. last week, shows there can be no rest until the search for the children who never came home from residential scho...

Jun 02, 2021

Acclaimed Red Pheasant Cree Nation author honoured with GG Literary Award for Fiction

Author Michelle Good has been awarded the $25,000 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction for 2020 for her novel "Five Little Indians," that deals with the impact on survivors of residential sch...

Jun 01, 2021

Sask. First Nation Elder says increased funding and resources needed to help families recover from residential school experience

An Elder from Sturgeon Lake First Nation west of Prince Albert says he was not surprised when he heard the tragic and horrific news that the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school ...

Jun 01, 2021

Archaeologist believes ground penetrating radar can show true reality of residential schools

A Saskatchewan archaeologist believes science can play an integral part in revealing what words cannot. Mike Markowski co-owns a heritage consulting company based in Saskatoon that specializes in grou...

Jun 01, 2021